City Life

Twelve portraits of metropolitan city life, the monumental award winning episode film can best be characterized as a kaleidoscopic panorama of the world. City Life is a visual anthology of twelve short stories by twelve innovative directors from all over the world. In each contribution each filmmaker presents his personal view of these cities he knows so well. In this way an inside view of the political, cultural and social changes in the cities of the world of the 1990s is provided. Each short is a separate and self-contained feature presented in an elaborate framework of sound and image. The sinking of the Titanic, a floating city of sorts, and the tower of Babel, symbolizing the diversity of cultures, serve as links between the various contributions. The cohesion of the episodes is intensified by the music, composed by Zbigniew Preisner, regular composer for Krzysztof Kieslowski.